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Bokashi: Fighting Smelly Compost and Dirty Water with Microbes

Bokashi: Fighting Smelly Compost and Dirty Water with Microbes

The more I read about bokashi the more amazing it sounds! Sometimes used in kitchen composters, this mixture of bran, molasses, and microorganisms is stellar at breaking down food scraps. The key ingredients are bokashi effective microorganisms.

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Closing the Poop Loop: DIY Humanure Toilet

Closing the Poop Loop: DIY Humanure Toilet

When you’re going green you can’t be afraid to talk a little trash or to talk sh!t, so lets get to it.  The conventional toilet is not very environmentally friendly.  New low flow toilets, dual flush toilets and grey water systems can help reduce water waste but there’s another kind of waste happening when you [...]

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Coconut Husks Replace Peat Moss and Mulch in the Garden

Coconut Husks Replace Peat Moss and Mulch in the Garden

Coconut shells can be used for other things besides making cute faces on Flickr or banging them together to pretend you’re riding a horse like Monty Python.  Several companies are now distributing a range of gardening products made from coconuts husks.  The hair of the coconut shell or coir can be easily used to supplement [...]

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Poop Management — Cloth or Disposable?

Poop Management — Cloth or Disposable?

Or is there a third option that is easier for parents than cloth and better for the environment than disposables? Matt touched on these flushable diapers in his piece aptly titled Green Diapers: A Lot of Sh*t to Think About in which he examines all the pros and cons of both cloth and disposable [...]

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